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EDANA unveils 4th Sustainability Report

02 Mar '15

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The international association serving the nonwovens and related industries, EDANA launched its 4th edition of the Sustainability Report together with European Union officials and industry stakeholders.

According to EDANA, the 4th edition builds on the 2011 Report, which already expanded beyond hygiene products to encompass the entire value chain for nonwovens and related products.

“This report also shows the conscious effort by durable applications to balance communication and reporting,” EDANA said in a press release.

The report highlights the advances made by the industry in reducing the use of natural resources, and improving the information shared both within the production value chain, although challenges remain.

These challenges include growing constraints within nonwovens value chain, lack of consistency of needs and expectations from one region to the next and lack of harmonisation of definitions, standards, and regulations.

The report also shows that the nonwovens and related industries see sustainability as a driver of benefits for companies in itself.

This is due to efficiencies along the value chain, and also delivers indirect benefits such as new market opportunities, increased innovation, better perception of the company and more engagement with partners in the value chain.

The launch demonstrated the added value of nonwovens and related products in everyday life and illustrated the depth of the value chain behind products.

EDANA members Ahlstrom, Beaulieu, Corman, Cosmotec, Lenzing, NatureWorks, Rieter Perfojet and SCA provided a display of products, to highlight the range of applications nonwovens support.

In representing companies producing a diverse range of products that are essential to our modern everyday lives, EDANA said, it remains committed to the three pillars of sustainability.

This is done with an equal consideration to social, economic and environmental elements, evidenced by its ongoing efforts such as a Symposium on raw materials.

And also through a creation of a certification system for abaca fibres, guidelines on environmental claims, and support to better understand and manage the challenges associated with waste management.

Speaking at the launch, Patricia Featherstone, chair of the EDANA board of governors said “The nonwovens and related industries bring many benefits to our society as a whole, and in doing so; our industry continues to enjoy a healthy growth.” (AR)

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